MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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